Synthetic Human Genome Project gets go ahead

Work on a controversial project to create the creation blocks of human life from scratch has begun, which is first considered the world.

Research has so far been forbidden as it may cause unexpected changes to designer infants or future generations due to concerns.

But now the world’s largest medical charity, Welcome Trust has given the initial £ 10M to start the project and says it has the ability to do better than rapid damage in treatment for many incurable diseases.

Dr. The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Julian Cell, Cambridge, which is part of the project, told BBC News that research was the next huge jump in biology.

“There is a limit to the sky. We are looking at the remedies that will improve people’s lives, as they will cause healthy aging with less disease.

“We want to use this approach to generate disease-resistant cells, which we can use to re-prepare damaged organs, for example the liver and heart, even in the immune system,” he said.

But critics fears that research opens the way for unscrupulous researchers to increase or modify humans.

Beyond GM, Director of Campaign Group, Dr. Pat Thomas said: “We like to think that all scientists are good, but science can be rebuilt to harm and war”.

The project details were given to BBC News on the 25th anniversary of the completion of the human genome project, which mapped molecules in human DNA and was also funded by welcome welcome.

Each cell of our body, with the exception of red blood cells, contains a molecule called DNA that bears genetic information requires it.

DNA is made from only four very small blocks, referred to as A, G, C and T, which is repeated repeatedly in various combinations. Surprisingly, it contains all genetic information that physically makes us who we are.

The human genome project enabled scientists to read all human genes like bar code. The new work that is going on, called synthetic human genome project, probably takes it forward a huge leap – it will not only allow researchers to read a molecule of DNA, but also to create parts of it – perhaps one day – one day all – molecule by molecule.

The first objective of scientists is to develop ways of manufacturing large blocks of human DNA, until this point they have created a human chromosome. These include genes that control our development, repair and maintenance.

Then they can be studied and used to learn more about how genes and DNA regulate our body.

Many diseases occur when these genes go wrong, so the study can lead to better treatment, according to Professor Matthew Hurlls, the director of the Welcome Sanger Incute, who existed the greatest proportion of human genome.

“The creation of DNA from scratches allows us to test how DNA actually works and tests new principles, as currently we can really do so by really ticking DNA in DNA which is already present in living systems”.

The project will be limited to testing tubes and dishes and no attempt will be made to create synthetic life. But technology will give unprecedented control over human living systems to researchers.

And although the project is hunting for medical benefits, there is nothing to prevent dishonest scientists who misuse technology.

For example, they can try to create biological weapons, increasing human or even creatures that have human DNA, according to a highly respected genetic scientific profession at the University of Edinburgh, who prepared a method to create artificial human chromosomes.

“Jinn is out of the bottle,” he told BBC News. “We can now have a set of sanctions, but if an organization that has access to the appropriate machinery, decided to start anything synthesis, I don’t think we can stop them”

Ms. Thomas is concerned about how technology will be commercialized by health companies developing treatment from research companies.

“If we manage to create synthetic body organs or even synthetic people, who owns them. And who owns the data from these compositions?”

Given the possible misuse of technology, the question for welcome is why they chose to fund it. Dr. According to Tom Collins, this decision was not made lightly, which carried forward funding.

“We asked ourselves what the cost of inaction was,” he told BBC News.

“This technique is going to develop one day, so now by doing it, we are trying to do it at least as much as possible and want to face moral and moral questions.”

A dedicated social science program will run in collaboration with the scientific development of the project and will be led by a sociologist Joy Zhang at Kent University.

“We want to get experts, social scientists and especially the public views of how they are related to technology and how it can be beneficial for them and what questions and concerns they have significantly,” he said.